Hybrid wroteFlying next week, I willl keep you updated for sure
Goodluck, We have a whatsapp landing group for people coming to Canada, I can send you the link in a private message it is called Lebanese landing. We help one another with advice mostly. Eat like a pig in the meantime, seriously!!
rolf wroteIt is OK to stay in Lebanon.
All these developed countries, I am pretty sure, have a budget to promote themselves as an immigration destination.
Also, Lebanon needs smart people.
To be fair these are generally nice places, for those who decide to migrate and rebuild their lives there.
Immigrating is not emotionally easy, you definitely miss the food, the food in Canada is garbage, even the burgers and french fries suck... What I wouldn't do for a malak el tawou2 or a classic burger about now, and the djej bel sayniyeh and koussa w laban.
Oh yeah and you also miss some people.
But it is not a door that opens easily and is not available after it had opened, if you get the chance and you skip on it it is gone forever.
To me I wanted to have a solid footing in my life, I wanted to have a citizenship and a passport I can count on that has value, I wanted to have a bank account in a solid financial institution with transparency and solid reputation that I can lean on, I wanted to have investments all over the world (and I do now) that bring me money(200$ a month, I didn't say I'm rich! ) In another 2 years I can leave all this in Canada and come to Lebanon as a Canadian citizen, and I can choose to stay there and work, or choose to move to a nearby country, (my company has an office in Cyprus, that is an option) It's only a 3 to 5 years wait, and Canada is not that bad. Lebanon is very small and not respected, aside from the tiny opportunities and the insecurity financially, health wise, security wise. You have nowhere to go in a crisis, you have no options. Also by doing this you are setting up your children and their children to have an easier life...